Missed posting yesterday so a double diary today!
Lolly
Food: 10+ crickets both days, Dandelion greens
Toilet: Yes
Behaviour: Great Dragon. Great pet. Lolly continues to go from strength to strength. Fantastic to handle and loads of fun just to watch.
Very interesting was yesterday when I was rounding up Lolly in the Den for a feed, she was not too keen to be caught. A couple of times in amongst scooting here and there she put on the first display of her beard and gaping combined that I have seen from either one of them. It was fantastic to see this natural behaviour coming out. Bearded Dragons don't have much by way of teeth and they certainly don't look to bite when threatened. In fact, when threatened they exhibit three basic behaviours. Firstly, they will flatten themselves out to give the appearance of size. To add to this display the next thing they will do is display their beard and open their mouth to show the bright yellow colour inside their mouth. This is again is to give the impression of size and a threatening colour. The final part of their behaviour when threatened is to turn tail and run. They are lovers not fighters as the expression goes.
Lolly postured up and pushed out her tiny little beard. Her mouth gaped slightly to complete her display. Really enjoyable to watch this early representation of their natural behaviour.
Booster
Food: no crickets (10/05), 10 crickets (11/05), Dandelion greens
Toilet: Yes
Behaviour: Booster wasn't interested in live food yesterday. He made up for it today by eating everything put in front of him. I was disappointed that he didn't eat yesterday, but, am still very happy that he is eating on a regular basis. It's almost hard to remember him not eating now. It's only been a week or two, but, the stress levels are pretty much gone.
Whilst he doesn't appear to be ready for regular handling, he is becoming more familiar with me at feeding time which is great. I hope that with time he will ready to be handled by all of us. Time will tell.
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